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As Jesus gives
As Jesus prepares his followers for his departure, he offers them the Holy Spirit. Which reflects a very different idea of gift-giving.
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Peace — a moment or permanent state?
Our expectations of peace—so small and minor—prevent us from seeing just how important peace is to our lives.
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The day after a mass shooting
We will investigate and speculate and argue and honor and then forget and move on and pretend this is all normal and unavoidable.
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Loving is our everything
Jesus commands us to love. But he doesn’t lay out the rules. It’s our job to figure out what that really means.
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Some Thoughts On Decline
There’s a consistency to our talk of decline. What to blame. How to fix it. Talk and action. Still missing the point.
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Collecting Failures
The thing about love is that we act as if it’s optional. Like we have a choice. Jesus doesn’t actually give us the choice.

